Posted on 10/03/2019 1:27:14 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A Texas woman said she was shamed online by a potential employer who took a photo of her in a bikini from her Instagram account and shared it on the company's page while warning other applicants that it was unprofessional.
Emily Clow, who according to her Twitter account lives in Austin, said she applied for a marketing coordinator position at a business startup, Kickass Masterminds.
Clow told NBC News that shortly after applying, a company representative reached out to her and said the firm wanted to move ahead with the application process and recommended that she follow them on Instagram. Hoping to improve her chances of landing the position, she did.
But as she was scrolling through the company's Instagram story, Clow said she saw a photo of herself in a red two-piece bathing suit with a warning message to potential applicants.
Clow said the company had swiped the photo from her personal Instagram account, and when she saw it she was shocked.
"You don't expect a potential employer to do something like this," she told NBC. "To have someone that seems really intrigued and wants to meet with you, only to see this is shocking."
Since Clow's post has gone viral, the company's website and social media pages appear to have been taken down.
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I’ll be first:
Not Guilty.
LOL! Serves her right.
A company that calls itself Kickass Marketers really doesn’t have much room to be lecturing people on propriety and professionalism.
She appears very qualified.
I would hire her!
No face, not guilty.
Well?
Really, how dare employers ask for people’s social media? If the person has a private account, they should not be asked to reveal it or allow their employer or potential employer access.
Impeachment proceedings to follow shortly...
But seriously, just stop twittering and insta-gramming all your pics and routines to the world. Really who cares how many followers you have?
I was going to make a comment on that as well, but I read all
the messages and you beat me to it!
I think that is a lousy company name to have while shaming someone.
Hired. When can you start?
“Really, how dare employers ask for people’s social media? If the person has a private account, they should not be asked to reveal it or allow their employer or potential employer access.”
Perhaps there was an intended /s.
Anyway, a “private” account is USUALLY viewable, especially profile photos if used, and most hiring people I know check potential employees’ social media before seriously considering them.
I’m not an insta-twit...never will be. Nor am I a Face Butt...person....
The face is nice too, not guilty!
Attention whores get attention.
It’s the law.
You’re a little late to make that argument.
LOL! Fits her right.
fixed it.
Worked in a place years ago with a cute young receptionist.
She had some personal photos at her desk which included one of she and her boyfriend at the beach. She was wearing a blue bikini. Wearing it rather well as I recall.
Then we got a creepy new FedEx driver who suddenly started hanging out at her desk for longer and longer periods of time. Sometimes we weren’t even sure he had dropped a package. She was growing quite annoyed with him.
Then it dawned on her that he was hanging out there every day ogling her bikini pic. After some ick-factor wretching the picture disappeared from her desk.
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